LandPony Scavenger Hunt 2013

Welcome to the LandPony Scavenger Hunt 2013!

How does it work?

Tackle the ten challenges listed below.Mail everything to me at [email protected] (preferably with your forum nick name)The deadline is Sunday morning 9 am in Germany (Feb. 17th), i.e., Saturday night in the U.s. (e.g., 3 am EST, midnight in L.A.).Important: You may form teams and submit as a team. (Then you mustn't submit replies on your own/with other teams.)The LandPony (or the team of LandPonys) with the most points wins!

The prize:

The winner can call themselves "LandPony Scavenger Hunt 2013 Winner".All particpants and lurkers can have fun without being on an expensive boat trip.

The challenges:

1. Name your five favorite JoCo songs. (5 points)2. Name the five JoCo songs that have the largest total number of letters in the title. (Only letters from a to z count, no blanks/apostrophes etc.; e.g., "Better" scores 6 letters; 5 points)3. Write a seven-sentence disaster story about the sinking of the Freedom of the Seas. (5 points)4. Come up with a question you would like to ask Jonathan Coulton. (5 points)5. Find five JoCo songs that have a food item in the lyrics. (5 points)6. Find five JoCo songs that mention an animal in the lyrics (5 points)7. Write a ten-sentence concert review of a JoCo concert you've attended - or if you haven't seen him live, write a review of the JoCo show of your dreams (ten sentences; 5 points)8. Find five JoCo songs that have a woman's first name in the lyrics. (5 points)9. Find five JoCo songs that have a man's first name in the lyrics. (5 points)10. Record a cover version of a Joco song! (No previously released versions, only new recordings count; partial songs count; 5 points)

You get one bonus point for each song you name (or cover) that is not named (or covered) by anyone else.I won't publish the individual answers, but you can post yours here after the deadline!

Comments

How about we post some of those here in the forum now? It looks like nos. 1, 3, 4, 7, and 10 are non-unique.

I'll start with my favorite songs (only 5!?).

When You Go

Future Soon

Fraud

Skullcrusher Mountain

Space Doggity

It was listening to Skullcrusher Mountain and When You Go back to back that sold me on Jonathan's music. Laugh out loud one song, tears in my eyes the next. That's a big reason those two made the list. And the chorus on Space Doggity is one of my favorite lyrics of all time.

Edit:

Oh, you mention posting answers here. I should have read all the way through. Sorry.

I still think we ought to post some here now, lest posts get lost in the post-storm that will come when everybody gets off the boat.

Hey there, I have no idea if anyone will participate at all. But we can't let those SeaMonkeys have all the fun, can we? I think it's actually worth participating even if you're not a die hard JoCo fan - remember, all those super fans (level 4, duh) are on that lame cruise ship away from internets.Getting your submission in one email makes it much easier to organize things. Posting your answers to 1, 3, 4, 7, and 10 already is no problem whatsoever.

And the winner is... @mtgordon !!!! He scored 81 points - most impressive.

His submission was really great. I think it would have won even if there had been other entries. Yes, it looks like all forum members are/were on the cruise. Or my challenge was crap. Anyway, hooray for Mark!

2. Name the five JoCo songs that have the largest total number of letters in the title. (Only letters from a to z count, no blanks/apostrophes etc.; e.g., "Better" scores 6 letters; 5 points)- Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance (25)- Christmas with You Is the Best (25)

3. Write a seven-sentence disaster story about the sinking of the Freedom of the Seas. (5 points)

The colossal squid rose from the depths, fez and mustache at the ready, and embraced the ship eagerly. As the hull of the Freedom of the Seas began to yield to its embrace, water quickly rushed in. Tabletop games quickly grew soggy. Sea Monkeys leapt overboard and clung to flotsam. Floating wooden doors comfortably accommodated couples. Ukuleles bobbed forgotten in the water. As the ship sank beneath the waves, the Sea Monkeys noticed that the squid wore, clinging damply to its tentacles, the fanciest pants any of them had ever seen.

4. Come up with a question you would like to ask Jonathan Coulton. (5 points)

Suppose you had a time machine and could go back in time to just after you quit your day job to have a chat with your past self. What would you say, with that past self as your audience, was the coolest part of your success to date?

5. Find five JoCo songs that have a food item in the lyrics. (5 points)- Big Bad World One (crudite)- Code Monkey (Fritos)- Pizza Day (pizza)- IKEA (meatballs)- I'm Having a Party (Fudgie the Whale)

7. Write a ten-sentence concert review of a JoCo concert you've attended - or if you haven't seen him live, write a review of the JoCo show of your dreams (ten sentences; 5 points)

I flew from Boston to the Best. Concert. Ever. show in San Francisco. It was the first time I'd been to a concert with professional-grade cameras running; they provided a bit of a distraction at first, but one got used to them. There was, if such a thing is possible, a higher concentration of nerds than is typical at most JoCo shows, whether because it was in San Francisco or because the spectacle had drawn a wider audience. There was a sense of community, much like a con, long before a meatspace community started to grow around the cruises. Paul and Storm opened. Jonathan played all the standards. Andy Bates secured his place in history. Jonathan clearly pulled out all the stops, such as they were at that relatively early date, to get various guests to appear. I got to watch Kristen Shirts playing ukulele and Jonathan playing Rock Band with Merlin Mann, Leo Laporte, and Veronica Belmont. The cake was not a lie.

@Jutze The challenge wasn't crap! I was uncharacteristically away from any sort of internet after my post last Wed., or I would have submitted something. Probably not an 81 point answer, but enough to earn me the honor of runner up. Oh, and what about your top 5 JoCo songs?

I'd also love to hear from anyone else in the larger Monkey/Pony Alliance with their top 5 (and a bit of why?). I know there are a lot of new folks here who were on the cruise. And even the forum veterans top 5 might have changed with some of the "recent" songs. Or should that be a new thread . . .?